Undergraduate - Course4410 - Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)

This course provides professional education for those wishing to become accounting professionals. It has a strong emphasis on developing analytical skills and offers a solid grounding and professional competence in all aspects of commerce required for careers in the business or public sector.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate AttributesAustralian Qualifications Framework level 7, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes (http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html).

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will:

(a.) be critical and creative scholars who:

• produce innovative solutions to problems
• apply research skills to business challenges
• communicate effectively and perceptively

(b.) be responsible and effective global citizens who:

• engage in an internationalised world
• exhibit cross cultural competence
• demonstrate ethical values

(c.) have comprehensive understanding of their discipline and be able to provide discipline based solutions relevant to the business, professional and public policy communities that we serve

(d.) be able to construct conceptual frameworks and use these to analyse complex issues in the corporate sector, government and the professions

Refer to the faculty's Professional recognition of coursesProfessional recognition of courses (http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/professional-recognition/) page in this Handbook.

The course has three main components:

• a set of core units which provide an introduction to the key areas of commerce
• a major in accounting
• eight open electives which may be taken from any Faculty of Business and Economics programs and campuses, or from disciplines offered by another faculty. These open electives can, in some cases, form a second major.

• Accounting

Students must complete 24 units over a maximum of eight years as follows:

(a.) 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics in the Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) at Monash University Malaysia as follows:

(i.) six compulsory common core units (36 points):

• ACC1000 Principles of accounting and finance*
• BTC1110 Business law
• ECC1000 Principles of microeconomics
• ETC1000 Business and economic statistics
• MGC1010 Introduction to management
• MKC1200 Principles of marketing

(ii.) the following two units (12 points):

• ACC1030 Introduction to financial accounting*
• ECC1100 Principles of macroeconomics

(iii.) a major of eight units in accounting (48 points):

• at least two units (12 points) must be completed at each of second and third-year levels

* Note: Two of the units in the major will have already been studied as part of the group of common core units - students must complete additional units as detailed below.

(iv.) the following additional units from the faculty in the Bachelor of Commerce at Monash University Malaysia to reach the required minimum of 16 units:

• BFC2000 Financial institutions and markets
• MGX3100 Management ethics and corporate governance

(b.) eight open elective units (48 points) as follows:

• may be taken from disciplines offered by another faculty as individual units
• may be taken from the Faculty of Business and Economics to form a second major (for example Banking and Finance, etc.), or taken as individual units.

Additional Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degree requirements:

• a maximum of ten first-year level units (60 points)
• a minimum of four third-year level units (24 points) from those offered by the faculty at the student's campus of enrolment
• in addition to specific unit prerequisites, third-year level units require the successful completion of two second-year level units and second-year level units require the successful completion of four first-year level units.

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)